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A BRONZE ‘DRAGON-HANDLED’ A LOBED BRONZE ‘ROPE TWIST’ VASE, TWO ARCHAIC STYLE BRONZE
TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER ZUN VESSELS
Xuande mark, Late Qing Dynasty Qing Dynasty The first tripod incense burner cast with an
The compressed globular body supported The flared foot with moulded wave designs archaistic dragon band encircling the body,
by three small conical feet, the flat rim with rising to a globular body with raised lotus set on three elephant head feet and flanked
paired ‘dragon’ handles. Approx. 23cm (9in) lappets at the shoulder, all surmounted by a by a pair of elephant handles, apocryphal
wide lobed neck with lappet-shaped medallions Xuande six-character mark; the second in
of archaistic designs, with a twisted rope the form of a ritual food vessel, fu, applied
£800 - 1,200 circling the shoulder and tied in two bows at with a pair of animal loop handles and cast
HK$8,000 - 12,000 each end. with archaistic scrolling dragon designs. The
CNY7,000 - 11,000 24cm (9 5/8in) high fu vessel 28cm (11in) wide. (2).

Provenance £1,000 - 1,500 £2,000 - 3,000
a Spanish private collection, and thence by HK$10,000 - 15,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000
descent. CNY8,800 - 13,000 CNY18,000 - 26,000

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